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Tornado Warning 45, NWS Jackson, MS

February 5, 2008Franklin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Feb 5, 2008, 10:56 PM CST for Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 49 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Feb 5, 2008, 10:56 PM CST (04:56 UTC)
Expired: Feb 5, 2008, 11:45 PM CST
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Franklin Parish, LA

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 5, 11:15 PM CST	FUNNEL CLOUD	Jigger, LA

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Feb 5, 2:08 PM CST	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	10 hr
Feb 5, 10:01 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 151 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 926 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 326 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.3
Supercell composite: 5.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KJAN 060456
TORJAN
LAC041-060545-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0045.080206T0456Z-080206T0545Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1056 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN FRANKLIN PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CST

* AT 1056 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A
  TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WISNER...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTH OF
  WINNSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
  WISNER AND 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF JIGGER BY 1105 PM CST...

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3195 9185 3198 9185 3225 9154 3224 9153
      3222 9154 3220 9149 3200 9150 3196 9164
      3189 9174
TIME...MOT...LOC 0456Z 229DEG 45KT 3190 9176

$$

CME

1 follow-up statement

000 
WWUS54 KJAN 060519
SVSJAN

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1119 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

LAC041-060545-
/O.CON.KJAN.TO.W.0045.000000T0000Z-080206T0545Z/
FRANKLIN LA-
1119 PM CST TUE FEB 5 2008

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CST FOR CENTRAL
FRANKLIN PARISH...

AT 1119 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A TORNADO.  THIS TORNADO WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF
GILBERT...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF WINNSBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
50 MPH.

IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3206 9176 3225 9154 3222 9154 3220 9149
      3214 9149 3214 9151 3200 9150 3196 9164
TIME...MOT...LOC 0519Z 227DEG 45KT 3212 9152

$$

CME

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 5, 9:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Richland	48 min
Feb 5, 10:14 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Madison, Richland, West Carroll	46 min
Feb 5, 10:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Catahoula	52 min
Feb 5, 10:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	East Carroll	51 min
Feb 5, 11:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia	43 min
Feb 5, 11:27 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison, Tensas	30 min
Feb 6, 4:36 AM CST	Lake Wind Advisory	JAN	East Carroll, Morehouse, West Carroll	13 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.